we've have no other evidence that george ever said that. george iii ever said it. we rely on testimony decades after the fact by benjamin west. we can say it's possible. we also know that people exaggerate. >> host: right. yeah, that's one the great challenges with oral history and with good stories. another story, i know, in my speaking at mount vernon occasionally, i speak to the cia and the fbi, and one of their favorite stories involves a spy, john honeyman who in the battle of trenton turns out to give washington absolutely essential information. it's a fairly dramatic story of a man supposedly brought in and washington is going to gruel -- grill this person independently and then low and behold, lets him go. in fact, honeyman is a spy. it's an exciting story. it's kind of an uplifting story in terms of espionage and drama. do you feel this is a case of kind of another case of wishful thing that would be great if it were true, but there's a little hard to accept it's true? >> guest: there's a popular story. it turns up on television documentaries all the time.

he had known george washington as a child. in fact, george and martha spoiled him terribly. he got kind of overweight, and they called him washtub. he was kind of a spoiled kid. but as he grew older, he became an eccentric, and he filled his home with washington memorabilia, he liked to wear washington's old uniform and strut around and get people to come and visit him. and custus published his memories and recollections of george washington with all kinds of stories with washington wrestling the strongest wrestler in virginia and throwing him to the ground or riding a horse, the most vicious horse in the county until it died. he developed the indian myth, many other legends, however, they may have had some origin in truth. and custus, yeah, he contributed to the ongoing washington mythology, and many people still quote him today. >> i wanted to talk a little bit about some of the other people that you're harsh on and, i think, perhaps more harsh than the facts, than the facts warrant and two that i wanted to get your take on and talk a little bit more about were rupert hugh

george's father died when he was 11. george was the oldest end. mary felt george should be taking care of her rather than pursuing his career. even in his 20s on the western frontier he suddenly received a letter from his mother one day saying she urgently needs a new dutch servant as if he is supposed to drop his regimental duties and go fetches for mothers some butter. late in the revolutionary war, washington received a letter from the speaker of the virginia assembly that says dear general, something has been going on in the virginia state capitol in richmond that no one had the courage to tell you about. your mother has been here, she applied to a special petition for emergency relief claiming poverty and hinting at abandonment by you know who, the commander in chief. washington was a dutiful son who brought his mother's beautiful house and given her -- i speculate in the book that the first grade general george washington never had to do battle with was in fact his mother. the father died when george was 11. no wonder he doesn't start as a s

the george, the young man we will acknowledge today. george became my client. the district attorney's office wanted to charge him as an adult. he did go to the youth authority, which is unusual in this county. the reason we with want to honor george today. he made it through that system. it's important we acknowledge him. >> i am marsy from the public defender's office. i have always known the potential george has. so working at the public defender's office. i worked in making an exit plan to present to the board to let the board know this young man from being in custody, fortunately he was released and currently george is attending a community college in the process to transfer to a 4-year college to become a registered nurse. he's also found his passion, which is united music. so i am very proud of him and happy to be a part of honoring him today. mr. george, come on up here. on behalf of the public defender's office, george is being presented a $500 check. >> i like to say thank you. number one for mernella woods. patty lee, marsy and to my mother. for the t

this evening, george soros. his organization helped democracy around the world and made him a leading voice on the world stage. despite all of the talk of a debt crisis, george soros believes the u.s. could absorb more debt if it made improvement in the struggling u.s. economy. we are glad you have joined us. our interview with george soros is coming up right now. james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: george soros is, of course, a very successful businessman and chairman of open society foundation,

she became a public face of the george h. to ehud frustration wisconsin travel and ceremonial events using the podium effectively to articulate and was a perceptive politician who knew how to work or been to arm of necessary and during her busy public life she made comments that could tarnish her image but with us service to bush and her family and country while there was the ebb and flow hers is a life well lived befitting many. thank you very much. if you have any questions i will be more than happy to answer them. [applause] >> with the less the commencement speeches at the time she had reset corporate chef with her? bernanke's. she accompanied her that day and she introduced mrs. gorbachev and she also spoke to the graduates and that offered an interesting counterpoint to nancy reagan because mrs. gerber shafted not get along at all with nancy reagan. so that was different. >> the comment was waiting for is the which comment could you put that into context? >> [laughter] yes. i just ran at a time. i have that here. the co

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george bush instead of barbara bush. that she hadn't had any really significant accomplishments on her own, and that they had been taught to do something quite the opposite. mrs. bush reacted with really, you know, very good humor. she said well, even i was 21 once. they're looking at things a certain way and i'm looking at them in another. there are some historians who feel that maybe this reaction camouflaged irritation but i did not get that sense at all when i interviewed mrs. bush. mrs. bushels said to me, when this whole hubbub occurred there were many wellesley graduates they would never give money to the college and we wrote hundreds of letters, please don't stop giving. this is just the opinion of some. in fact, over time, as the issue was discussed, things began to turn. and i just want to quickly share with you a quote from erma bombeck who wrote a very serious column about the wellesley speech. and she wrote, if the wellesley students can't imagine what barbara bush could contribute to their education, imagin

george? >> thanks, lisa. let's turn to the man in charge of the nation's skies, the secretary of transportation, ray lahood. and mr. secretary, you call this incident outrageous, but it's at least the fourth, maybe the fifth in recent weeks. how could it happen again? >> george, i want people to know that we are outraged. this is just absolutely ridiculous that a controller could fall asleep in reno when a plane is trying to land there. and we have now five investigations going on. we'll learn a lot more about it. we've suspended these controllers and we may have to take more permanent action once these investigations are complete. >> you know, we checked in with our aviation expert, john nance, and he said that these controllers are being set up to fail. and it's time to grab the agency by the ears and make changes. are you prepared to make more changes? >> absolutely. i'll be grabbing the agency by the ears. we've done some grabbing today with the outrage that we've expressed and the suspension of this cont

george? >> sam, thanks very much. >>> i'm joined by sharyn alfonsi right now. we've seen some of the pictures at the top of the program. sharyn, but as we see in so many of these crises, home video that really gives a feel for what was happening on the ground. >> we've been covering all of that video. it's unbelievable, the sights and the sounds, not just from storm chases. but people on the roads and in their home, awe struck, the cameras rolling. >> we're going to stay with this as long as we keep power. >> reporter: as the storm came in. >> this is the creepiest thing i've ever seen. it's just about to hit the airport. >> reporter: realization, this was not a typical storm. >> this is an extraordinarily dangerous storm. >> reporter: an ominous boom in the distance. >> we should go. holy -- we should go. >> reporter: some witnesses, gripped by the power of the storm, couldn't turn away. >> look, baby. there's the tornado. do you see it? >> where? >> there. >> wow. >> that's crazy. >> that i

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george? >>george: thank-you the news appeared we're taking a look at the traffic. the good news is no hot spots to sell your ride around the bay area. we're looking at the conditions on the freeways. an accident on the 580 at livermore abbott appeared your watching closely. not much of a back yet. if it stays there could be. let us get you a check on the bay bridge for your west bound ride. you can see that is a good commute. still light traffic. normally on any weekday we would see a better lights activated out of 6:25 a.m.. there's a power outage jackie sissel is there. >> reporter: i'm looking down got street. you concede pg&e trucks. that is taste. it is also out over at 80s and franklin. this started at 12 or less agreed 6700 customers were without power. it quickly restored most of those customers. in looking at 400 that are in service. these two intersections are going to cause a problem. as well as i do, you know that this is it roper through the city. -- a thorough there. if they do not get this started out quickly be reduced your real black a korngold and

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george soros reaches out and helps. a if few weeks ago, soros has to issue an apology after supporting a donation to the london school of economics from gaddafi's son, because he said i'm going to help. i'm going to help. i'm going to help the u.s. firm to improve libya's image and get his son into the london school of economics. but then, gaddafi's son plaggerrizes his work and so now, george soros is humiliated. 2008, george soros is so intrigued by the powers' doctrine, that he helped fund and create an entire global center for the responsibility to protect. which is designed to be a catalyst for action using the responsibility to perfect as justification. got it? he thinks this is great. but it's not really making progress in the u.n. i spooky dude will get involved and he puts it together in a global organization. 2008, powers, cass sunstein's wife, works on the obama campaign. you know her if you remember someone getting booted off of obama's campaign because he called hillary clinton, because she called hillary c

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george? >>george: to get you up to date i will let you know about the house lots that will slow down your ride around the bay area. there are not set the right now. light traffic, most of the bay area. we'll start with the bay bridge track. beautiful day dawning here, traffic conditions matching. no delays across the bay. delays expected later on when caltrans does the work on the bridge. it could create additional hazard. right now an easy ride and buy your way as the san mateo wrote to you see an easy trip. the golden gate bridge ride and said some awareness problem free. no delays as we head into iran or through marin. public transit, the problems to report. a stream, culture and, part of a lot to a good start. justin? >> thank-you, just getting started on the kron4 news. we'll talk about premier ed benson tell you why google is a rebound shot features. i live look now from mount tam camp. sparkling city of san francisco on your screen right now. temperatures are warming up more details co

george thomas usually hosts but today we are relying on his experiences reporting from disaster zones. also reporting is chief international reporter gary lane. gentleman, thank you for being us, gary, let me begin by asking you, what is the worst disaster you have been to? >> i would say the tsunami in indonesia in 2004, 2005, when we flew over the area with samaritan's purse, i had never seen anything quite like that. >> when you see the video from japan, it reminds you? >> yes. >> george, what about you? >> what was my first earthquake? back in 1999 in taipei, taiwan. the numerous after shocks we experienced, no doubt, clearly what happened in haiti, we were there 48 hours after the earthquake. just to see the extent of devastation, haiti being the poorest country of the world. just to see the bodies that were still there on the streets in apartment buildings and the sheer magnitude of ache in the people's hearts as they deal with the catastrophe. >> george, we talk about haiti being one of the poorest nations, natural disasters seem to be an equalizer, even in the wealthiest place

george has been in business for close to 40 years. he developed this anger management program to help people get along with themselves and secondly, to get along with each other. the one thing he believes and practices, our emotions are the characteristics that unite us all. the one thing we share in common are feelings and emotions. this is the one area we fail so badly as educators, counselors and therapists. one of the commonalities as an educator and as a counselor is, i was, 10 years ago. i was working with native american students, i am from the midwest and i moved out here 6 years ago. prior to that, however, i was, the counseling department for a native american therapeutic school. we had 260 students grades 4 through 8. 75 percent were on special education ie p's. 90 percent were already enrolled in the juvenile system and in the drug and alcohol programs. later on, i would show up and be a counselor at the betty ford center with attorneys and other professionals. the one commonality that the children at therapeutic school an

good morning george. >> george: 580 westbound traffic is still slow because of an accident. here's a bridge check metering lights are on slowing a bit. the golden gate bridge 101 south, still problem free across the span. watching what may be developing hot spot in the north bay westbound 37 a disabled big rig blocking the slow lane. it is leaking oil so there will be clean up. >> darya: cal trained is making big changes they will affect riders for sure. it will be tough you have to find a ride out of your trains, fewer stations appeared it will eliminate 10 transforming the weekday schedule, to close three stations. weekend and special events service would be provided but modified. the board of directors declared a board fiscal emergency last month. sonat to a more news faster let's go to jackie one of our team of solo reporters out there getting into details. he is in some detail at this will be one of the stations). >> reporter: you went through the list of potential cuts, instead they decided to cut three stations, to some of the other thing she talked about. 32 stations

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george? >> sam, thanks. >>> now, back to robin, in london, where security officials just had a press conference to talk about security precautions they're taking. >> they are. i have to say, we're all concerned about those affected bite weather back at home. but here in london, as you say, there is concern about security. more than 1 million people are expected to be lining the street come friday and the wedding. and along the route, not everybody is there to celebrate. so there's much concern, and security measures that are in place. especially key spots on the parade route. that, being westminster abbey. that's where we go to chris cuomo, with the latest on that. welcome to london, chris. >> good morning, robin. this morning's papers, the headline clear, the concern about terrorism. security experts say this wedding may be the highest public event of its kind ever. they're dealing with a unique triple-threat, islamic extremists, irish dissidents and an ever-growing number of homegrown anarc

but check your ride with george. >> george: we like to look at hot spots and right now we are not tracking any, let's start with a bridge check and the ride in the bay bridge westbound which is pretty good. the ride has been light boat yesterday and today. especially for this hour to have no backup. we have been incidents free and that has held. laura e. shore freeway south the 80 approach no back up even in the open toll lane on the right-hand side. san mateo bridge right also good one a short way that the toll plaza. no problems across the span. 1 01 southbound foggy today as it was yesterday and maybe low heavier on the bridge. that accounting for slow traffic for backups. lecce the nimitz freeway as we pick up alive look at hagen burger road. northbound headed pass the coliseum in the airport off ramp it is a good ride for 880 between oakland and hayward. >> justine: recent attacks on san francisco taxi cabdrivers have them thinking twice about who they pick up and drop off your the most recent attack was yesterday near 23rd street where a driver was robbed and choked. the other attack

get people who actually fit, someone like george did, thomas jefferson of course is the great jefferson scholar but garrey did a book, george mcgovern did lincoln - get so the sort of mix of historians and long historians looking at the presidency is telling the basic story, but also giving your own sort of individuals been, and he asked me to do the johnson book and i guess that he figured i would put my individuals been on it. i agreed to it because arthur asked me and i had great respect for him. i knew him from the papers of thomas jefferson and we were both on the advisory committee for that. and also because paul was the editor who's also the general series editor for the

george? >> those exceptions could be going away. okay, lisa, thank you. let me bring in jim avila now. he spent the day at a flight simulator experiencing what you can go wrong when you board a plane. hey, jim. >> reporter: george, here's a fact for you. 9.5 million commercial flights in the united states last year, and not one plane crash. none. we came to a flight simulator today to get some insight on why when it comes to air travel and being up in the sky, it doesn't seem that facts get in the way of our fears. more than 1 in 10 americans say they're afraid to fly. and when they feel that first jolt of turbulence in mid-air, that often is what sets their heart and their body shaking. most know it's an irrational fear, unsupported by the facts, as m.i.t. airplane safety expert arnold barnett lectures about constantly. >> the jet operations of these airlines are operated at an enormous degree of safety. >> reporter: in fact, his study on airline safety found the chance of dying on a schedul

george? >>george: are relatively easy to drive around the bay area. highway fort west bound is a terrible start. the only real delay is in that cash lane. the meter and let's have not yet been activated. your ride into the san mateo bridge looks good with the problems eastbound or west bound. at 13 minute drive time. misty drizzle as you can see with wet pavement southbound but to no problems reported. the time is 6 of 7:00 a.m. and will take a short break. it will be right back. >>darya: 6:10 a.m. is it a real storm? it just showers. it is creating a his and they fought. it is windy, not the best conditions for the sfo. delays happen quickly and already we are finding out about one hour and six minute delays on am arriving flights. >>mark: waiting for the opening bell the stocks are poised for a a better opening as investors there's returned from the long holiday. the congress department is releasing new home sales data for march. it should be increased from february's low level. oil is rising and the art not want to deal to produce crude for awhile

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in this panel, we have a depiction of george washington moving west. what is interesting about it is the image of lewis and clark here is in black and white, something that is occurring in the future, painted as though it was in the past. what is interesting about it is the very obvious conclusion of slavery. the number of students were expressing unease around some of the themes. the additional mural would be placed in the school, one with more positive representation of the student body. in 1974, they completed three panels that were placed in the library -- in the lobby. they depict native, latino, asian american, and african- american heritage and culture. >> that artist was talking about the history coming alive. that is what we want for the students here. i also think they might share that with past alumni and the community, so they could no the treasure that we have here in the schools. many people have the same experience i did when i first walked into this building three years ago, being the new principal. the grandeur of these murals is fanta

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. >> reporter: george, it's getting serious. while the average price at the pump is still under the $4.00 mark, some of the most populated places in the country are seeing pump prices right up against the $5.00 mark. this as you say is months before the peak driving season. the regular unleaded pump in suburban los angeles. >> i put in $13 and it got me about three gallons. >> reporter: in greenwich, connecticut. >> look at this, regular, $4.11. >> reporter: and chicago. >> $4.29 a gallon seems like an absolute rip-off. >> reporter: a body blow to the personal budget of american drivers. one economist says for every dollar gas goes up, we spend 5% less on other things. lara, a single mother in chicago has seen her gas costs jump $20.00 a week. and she's already cutting back. >> definitely stressful to have to have it cut into my budget and worry about what i'm able to do from week to week. >> reporter: americans are already driving less. one survey says the amount of gasoline sold has dropped five weeks straight. but lara and so

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george w. bush made a decision when he first came into office that he was concerned about the fact that iraq was firing regularly at the united states and united kingdom aircraft that were supporting the united nations no-fly zones, and patrolling in the northern and southern portion of iraq. those planes were being shot at almost every day. the only country in the world that was shooting at american and british aircraft. over 2000 times they were fired on. the joint chiefs of staff advise me and the president that they were concerned about the fact that eventually one of our planes, a british plane or our plane, would be shut down and the troops would be killed or taken hostage. third, the united states department had listed iraq is on the countries on the terrorist list. so there were a series of things like that by way of background. next, the united states intelligence agency spent a great deal of time, and determined that they were convinced that the iraqi government had weapons of mass de

let's check your ride with george. >> george: this could turn into a hot spot 101 northbound in mormountain view. the second ofo accidents still blocked lanes. it could be blocking and other lanes, the accident could be more and lanes blocked by emergency vehicles. the bay shore traffic backed up beyond 85 here. this is just past moffett field. there were some minor injuries reported here so it may take longer than the first accident to clear which has moved to the shoulder. lets cayard bridge check to the bay bridge westbound, baker back up to them we saw yesterday in the westbound direction. metering lights turned on at 6:19 a.m. the bulk of the backup begins in the middle of the parking lot. your ride to the san mateo bridge still light and easy conditions here no problems either eastbound or westbound. golden gate bridge ride which is under fog lifts for the last few days is fog free this morning. it is to lay free as well. >> mark: more on the golden gate bridge a cyclist may have to slow down as across the span. a new study says lower and the speed limit could improve safety. if it is

has the right george? >> george: first hot spot of the morning, it is in the non commute direction, northbound a couple of minor problems but between the two of them here it has managed to back up the traffic just north of 92 an incident on the shoulder, here closer to highway 84. stop and go conditions in the northbound direction. cells found ride is typically slow that is the commute direction. bay bridge, pretty steady here, the back up is not too bad. not backed up into the maze of much better commute today for the bay bridge than yesterday. san mateo bridge, not a problem, except for getting to it on the nimitz freeway. golden gate-101 coming in at the limit. the marin county ride, it does have some slow traffic. but the drive times are still under 35 minutes. >> mark: fatally shot inside of his antioch home on monday officers responded to a residence in the 2200 block of pinenut way on report of gunfire. a female resident called 911 after her ex-boyfriend showed up at her house, wielding a gun. she t

we have to get a check of your morning ride to george. >>george: hot spot free ride from the bay area, a project at the bay bridge ride westbound. traffic is moving well no delays. no metering lights yet. the san mateo bridge commute an easy one with traffic lighter than usual. the golden gate bridge ride 101 southbound

george house the ride? >> george: we have been hot spot free, no hot spots in fact we are looking at light traffic for most of the bay area. the bay bridge as we start our bridge check at the toll plaza, light and easy ride here. san mateo bridge is an equally good ride. both along 92 and 880. the bridge meets the two freeways there are no problems. marin county is problem free through sonoma county there is delays handed down along the kentucky grade heading down towards petaluma where there was a disabled big rig. >> mark: police searching for a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman. ucsf police are searching for a suspect in a sexual assault that happened near the ucsf parnassus campus friday evening. the incident occurred at approximately 11:00 p.m. on lincoln way and 3rd avenue. authorities describe the suspect as a fair-skinned, white man. he was approximately 5 feet 7 inches, has a thin to medium build with short brownish or blonde curly hair. the suspect had several unusual piercings on and a

let's get check on your commute with george. >> george: starting off with 580 and the potential hot spots. we have word of an accident that occurred in the westbound direction. the word coming in about the crash that occurred first at 6:09 a.m. initial reports have to lanes blocked here westbound around your way. airway. it could turn 580 into a hot spot frequently. we will be tracking that. bay bridge westbound metering lights for just activated but still no back up or delayed just yet. we could see the beginning of one now. san mateo bridge ride has been pretty good most of the morning but it continues to be easy righting but ferocious. golden gate bridge ride is not slowed to the southbound direction no problems on the stand and no problems for marin on 1 01 south. of the shore freeway this are moving nicely, volume is building but it is not delayed. we will keep an eye on the situation on 580 to see if it turns into a problem. >> mark: a story we're following now let's go to washington d.c. where president barack obama is hosting an easter prefer. >> in the words of the book as they a

he talks about how george h.w. bush's foreign policy is very appealing to him and he admires. >> charlie: what does he admire. >> he has said he admired the way the firstush handled the collapse ofcommunism. and the changes in eastern europe. he had said that. he praised skullcroft bush's national security advisers. at one proint in the campaign he actually says my foreign policy is a return to the foreign policy and he kind of mixes some ideologies here because it's a return to kennedy, to george h.w. bush and even in some ways ronald reagan. he was really hinting that a modesty, modesty in foreign policy, he's down playing of ideology and down playing of adventures in the world. and that helped him, i think, both politically but it helped him. both were associated with the catastrophe in iraq. so with that authority he gets into office and what does this mean? he has, he faces a country and the world where the united states is militarily overstretched in the middle east. economically in very dire stratits. the --